But then a misfortune happened - the owner forgot the administrator's access code and, when trying to log in, he sees a message about an incorrectly entered password and the inability to log into the system. The situation is aggravated by the fact that Windows stores all passwords in a secure partition on the hard drive using the SAM system. For security reasons, accessing it and finding out the password is not as easy as it might seem at first glance. On the one hand, this will protect you from third-party interference, but, on the other hand, it spoils your life a lot if you forget the access combination. Users of Windows 7 suffer the most, since this version of the OS only offers work with a local account, unlike more new Windows 8, 8.1 and 10. Here the user can attach a Microsoft account to the computer and, in case of a forgotten password, will be able to reset it through the site from any device. PC owners on the seven can only remove the administrator password.
Fortunately, everything is not as scary as it might seem at first glance. If you follow our detailed instructions how to reset your password Windows administrator 7 when using a local account, as well as how to find out the password, you can easily solve your problem for a short time without outside help. So let's get started.
For this you will need boot disk or a USB flash drive with Windows or a previously created recovery disk (this can also be a USB flash drive). If the second one may not work, since it is unlikely that you constantly create fresh recovery discs, then the installation image can be downloaded from in large numbers sites.
After restarting, at login, the command prompt will be expanded. With its help, we will perform further operations.
To reset your password, use the following command:
net user login password
This command is relevant if you remember the spelling of the username exactly. If you forgot, then type the net user command, after which all the accounts saved on the PC will be displayed.
If you do not have any administrator account set up, you need to create one by entering a few commands. To do this, enter them one by one on the command line:
net user login password /add
net localgroup Administrators login /add
net localgroup Users login /delete
The first command first creates a new account, then assigns it to the administrators group, and then removes it from the users group. After applying all the commands, close the command prompt.
By creating a new account with a new password, you will be able to log into Windows without any problems.
Note! You will not be able to find out the password in this way, just reset it!
If the first method implied the use of standard Windows features, then the second suggests using third party utilities, allowing you to reset the Windows 7 administrator password. One of the most acceptable is Offline NT Password Editor, which allows you to get full access to the OS system partition. You can either remove or change the password, or activate the administrator account. Not included in utility GUI but it's not that hard to figure it out. Each step is numbered and indicates what you need to do. So what are the steps to follow to reset your password using this utility?
The first step is to select the hard disk partition on which Windows is installed. The program provides a list of disk partitions with their size, which you should be guided by. If you remember that the system is usually installed on drive C, which is several times smaller than drive D, it will be quite difficult to make a mistake. Enter the numbers with the section number and press the Enter button.
After that, the utility asks which part of the registry to load. Select 1 - Password reset , press the appropriate number and confirm with Enter.
Changing or resetting a password by editing user data in the registry. The utility will launch the chntpw Main Interactive Menu, in which item 1 - Edit user data and passwords is immediately selected. Confirm your choice by pressing the Enter button. If you need to change the password, select 2 - Edit (set new) user password.
In the opened menu chntpw Edit user info& Passwords displays all computer accounts, with their code designation in hexadecimal number system (RID column). We are interested in the administrator account, most often it is displayed first in the list and is selected by default. If the account name is displayed English letters, type it in the input field below the table, if in Russian, then use the information from the RID column. The entry in the input field will be in the format 0xABCD, where instead of ABCD you need to put the value from the table. The selection is confirmed with the Enter button.
Next, the User Edit Menu is displayed with a list of actions that can be performed with the administrator account. Select 1 - Clear (blank) user password and confirm with Enter. The program should report a successful password reset.
Saving the changes made (Step Four: Writing back changes). Press consecutively! and q to exit the previous menus, after which the utility will prompt you to save the changes by issuing the prompt “About to write file(s) back! Do it?”. Type y, and on the next prompt, type n.
To reboot, enter the command reboot or click on the small button on system unit computer. The system will launch you without asking for a password. You can install it yourself in the account management menu.
Another fairly advanced utility for resetting the Windows administrator password. First you need to create a bootable USB flash drive with the utility on your working computer. For this:
Now you have to work with bootable flash drive ERD Commander. Here's what to do:
Note! You won’t be able to find out the password in this way, just delete or set a new one!
You've probably heard of the Sticky Keys feature. It is enough to press 5 times quickly Shift button when a window appears asking you to activate the mode. The file sethc.exe is responsible for it, located in system partition Windows. Interestingly, you can activate it even in the password entry window when Windows startup. But since the situation is such that the user has forgotten it, we need to replace it with the cmd.exe file responsible for opening the command line. How to do it?
Note! You will not be able to find out the password in this way, only delete it!
In this paragraph, we will get acquainted with how to crack the administrator password or just find it out. Indeed, in many cases it is simply easier not to reset the password, but simply to count the forgotten one. To do this, we need the Ophcrack utility, which has the capabilities we need. It is able to work in a graphical and text interface and, according to the assurances of the creators, is able to find out almost any password stored on your system. How to use it?
That's all. As you can see, there is nothing complicated, and if your password is not too complicated, then the program will help you find it out. You will then be able to log in again and enter your access code. Practice shows that if the password is very complex, consisting of a combination of large and small letters, as well as numbers, then the program may not be able to cope.
We hope that our instructions helped you in a situation where you forgot your Windows account password. You now know how to reset it and install a new one. If you still have questions, ask them in the comments.
Address Email and phone number. You may need this information to make 2-Step Verification more secure when performing actions related to changing key settings. account.
In this case, you will receive a code for the second stage of authentication, even if you find yourself without a phone and / or forget the password to one of the email addresses.
In other words, providing additional data reduces the risk of account suspension. You can add up to 10 email addresses and/or phone numbers to your account.
Before entering an index, enter the desired email address and make sure it is free.
The password must contain at least eight characters. You can also set your account settings on the Microsoft website to require you to change your password every 72 days.
If these steps did not help you regain access to your account, create a temporary account and contact Microsoft free technical support
Strictly speaking, the concept of a trusted PC is not new, as it relates more to aspects of account management. Microsoft records than to Windows. However, Windows 8 introduced features that only work on trusted PCs.
The main purpose of a trusted PC is to simplify a number of actions related to changing and synchronizing confidential data.
On the one hand, only between trusted Windows PCs can you sync credentials. In Windows 8, you had to manually make the PC trusted, and in Windows 10, only the first time you used a specific Microsoft account on this PC. In other words, in Windows 10, after reinstalling the system and logging in with the same Microsoft account, you no longer need to make the PC trusted.
On the other hand, a number of account settings can be changed from a trusted PC without additional authentication although in some cases it may still be needed.
Obviously, this must be your personal PC. Do not trust a public or work computer.
On Windows 10, go to Settings - Accounts - Your details. If you don't see the option shown in the picture, your PC is already trusted.
You can also do this on the Microsoft account settings website by signing in from this PC. Instructions.
You can only delete all trusted devices at once. Go to this page (login required).
Windows 8 was the first Microsoft OS where you can create a Microsoft account and switch between it and a regular account without losing your familiar environment.
The Microsoft account in Windows is the most common local account that you sign in with Microsoft data. She has exactly the same profile (%UserProfile%), she can also be a member of any groups (for example, Users and Administrators), etc. You can always link any local account to a Microsoft account, or unlink it.
On Windows 10 go to Options — Accounts and switch to a Microsoft account.
On Windows 10 go to Options — Accounts and switch to a regular account.
Certainly! An internet connection is required only when you create a Microsoft account or switch to a local account.
Credentials are cached locally, just like when running in a domain environment, so an Internet connection is not required at the time of signing in.
In my opinion, synchronization is one of the most useful Windows features, although it may be fraught with surprises.
Only for shops. This also applies to automatic login. Microsoft applications with a company account (Mail, Skype, etc.).
Traditional Microsoft apps are not able to pull their settings from the cloud and automatically recognize that you are working with a Microsoft account (OneDrive is rather an exception).
No, you can disable only groups, see the picture above
Use the very first radio button in the picture above
If you're having trouble switching to or using a Microsoft account, follow these troubleshooting steps in sequence:
If you receive a message about the impossibility to restore the files, zip the \Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log file into an archive.
If the problem persists, please post a report of your actions, CBS.log, and the result of the Microsoft Accounts troubleshooter in this forum thread.
The information in this section of the article has become outdated over time and due to numerous changes to Skype.
I decided to dedicate a separate section to Skype, because I am sure that many blog readers use it.
There are two versions of the application:
You can:
You will be able to sign in to Skype with your Microsoft account. A traditional app doesn't need to remember another password, and a modern app doesn't require you to enter any credentials at all.
Shared contact list will be displayed in traditional and modern Skype applications, allowing you to chat with contacts from Windows Live messenger. On the other hand, the same picture will be in the People application, which will extend all its capabilities to Skype contacts.
However, Skype cannot completely replace WLM in a number of ways. So, it is impossible to transfer files from Skype to WLM and vice versa, and group chats do not work. Also, it is not possible to link Skype and WLM contacts.
Communication can be done in both traditional and modern applications.
The feature is available in versions 6 and above. Sign in with your Microsoft account (if you sign in to Skype automatically, sign out to see this option). You will see the window shown below.
Attention! Do not select the "Register" option if you have has already Skype account. Otherwise, your Microsoft account will be immediately linked to your new Skype account.
Immediately after installation, you will be offered exactly the same choice as in the traditional application. Therefore read bold red warning above.
I hope I answered all the questions that you asked in the comments to the previous post. If you have new questions, feel free to ask them so that I can complete this article. However, this offer does not mean that I undertake to resolve any issues you may have. Problems. With them you can contact Microsoft free technical support, creating a temporary account if necessary.
If you forget your password, you can get instructions on how to recover your account from Microsoft by reading this article in full. A special system of the Microsoft Live service will help with this - this is an online development in order to control all devices with a connected MS account.
Several laptops, computers and other gadgets can be connected to the service at the same time. Windows system. If the user has forgotten the login information, then communication with these devices can be lost forever.
Microsoft has foreseen this outcome and therefore the password and login data recovery system has been developed. Below are the main methods. 1. Reset password on PC
If your account is linked only to a PC, you can reset all its settings without restoring your account.
To gain access to your device, you need to boot it through "recovery" and create an additional system user to get administrator rights, but from a different account.
Thus, it will not be difficult to return access to the OS.
Also, one of the ways is to reinstall the OS, but then the user data will be permanently deleted. Follow the instructions to reset your password and login:
To install the OS, you need to stock up installation disk with the operating system and an installation flash card. Insert a disk or USB flash drive into the required port (drive) and through the BIOS set the required queue order and restart the PC. An updated recovery window will appear.
- After the initial installation window appears, you will need to press Shift + F on the keyboard. To bring up the command line and give the PC some instructions with commands.
- In the CMD box, type notepad - to open the notepad.
The command prompt will open again.
- Enter net user Chaser/add, confirm the action. Therefore, you can update and replace the system account.
- Enter command netplwiz.
And now I can not enter the operating system?
I logged into Windows 8.1 on my laptop using a Microsoft account, now I can’t log in to the system, because I forgot the password and an error occurs when I enter it. " Wrong password. Make sure you're using a password for your Microsoft account."
All your articles on this topic did not help. It is undesirable to roll back the laptop to factory settings. I'm waiting for help.
Hi all! Most recently, the admin wrote, but none of them will help if you log into the operating system with a Microsoft account, in which case you need to create in the environment win recovery 8.1 a new user with administrator rights and sign in, then change the password to a Microsoft account. It is not difficult to do this, and I have prepared detailed instructions for you.
When the initial system installation window appears, click Shift+F10. A command prompt will open.
First, in the recovery environment, we need to find out the drive letter installed Windows 8.1, enter the command notepad
Notepad opens. File->Open
Click on "This Computer" and find the files of the installed Windows 8.1 on the disk ( C:).
We return to the command line window and enter the commands:
copy c:\windows\System32\utilman.exe c:\- the command creates a copy of the utilman.exe file in the root of the drive (C:).
copy c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\windows\system32\utilman.exe- the command replaces the utilman.exe file with cmd.exe. When prompted to replace, enter Yes .
We reboot the laptop.
In the initial login window, click on the button to call the "Center accessibility»,
but the command line opens instead, because we replaced the file utilityman.exe, responsible for the launch of the "Ease of Access Center", on cmd.exe.
We enter the command
net user Chaser /add
create a new user (Chaser - the name of the new user. You can set any name, at your discretion).
We enter the command
netplwiz
Go to the "Group Membership" tab.
We mark the item Administrator, press Apply And OK.
Administrator rights have been assigned to the new user. Click on the "Change password" button.
We enter the password and confirmation, then OK.
We reboot the laptop.
Click on the arrow
We select the new user we created.
Enter password
operating system creates a new user profile
Windows 8.1 loads the new user's profile.
Reset your Microsoft account password
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-live/account-reset-password-forgot-faq
Click Reset Password
We mark the item I don't remember my password and click Further.
Enter your Microsoft account login (may be the address e-mail box), guess and enter "captcha", click Next.
We need to verify our identity.
The easiest way to do this is to use our email address provided when you signed up for your Microsoft account.
Enter your email address and click the button Submit code.
On our Mailbox I receive an email from Microsoft with a 7-digit code.
Enter the security code on the password reset page
Enter a new password and confirm it.
Microsoft account restored with new password.
We reboot the laptop.
We click on the arrow.
Select a Microsoft account profile.
Enter a new password.
We log in with a new password.
If you don't need a new user profile, you can delete it.
Opening the control panel
Accounts and Family Safety
User accounts
Manage another account
Select the Chaser account we created
Deleting an account
Delete files
Deleting an account
Account deleted
Another way to reset your password.
Alexander Grishin
Probably, each of us, trying to protect personal information, came up with a super-complex password, which was then safely forgotten. In this article, we will tell you what to do if you forgot your password. Nokia Lumia.
If you forgot your Nokia Lumia account password (Microsoft account), then don't worry, it's easy to fix. We do the following: go to the phone settings - mail and accounts, remember the Live account address. We go here https://login.live.com, click on "Can't access your account?" and we recover.
With the lock, the situation is not so rosy, and if the Lumia password is forgotten, you will have to say goodbye to all the information and roll back to the factory settings, i.e. do hard reset.
Before this, it is desirable to fully charge.
Important! Remember that by doing a hard reset, you lose all the information that is stored on your phone: files, photos, games, contacts, music and others.
